St Mary's may seem a surprisingly big church for a small village, reflecting its history as being the centre of the Mediaeval Stottesdon Hundred. Please see the New and Notices for a description of the church.

A message from Archdeacon Fiona Gibson

We are delighted to be able to announce that, following advertising and interview, the Rev’d Dr Sally Wallace-Jones has been offered the combined post of Rector of the Stottesdon Benefice and Rural Church Missioner in the Severn Borders Deanery, and has accepted. 

Sally is currently Vicar of Hartshead, Hightown, Roberttown and Scholes in the Diocese of Leeds, and prior to that served in a large rural multi-parish benefice in the Diocese of Norwich. She is very much looking forward to leading the parishes of the Stottesdon Benefice in the next phase of your life and witness and to working with clergy and laity across the Severn Borders Deanery as Rural Church Missioner. The interview panel was unanimous that God is calling Sally to this combined role, and were delighted when she accepted the offer.

Please be praying for Sally’s current parishes as she prepares to leave them, and for Sally and her husband John as they prepare to move to Stottesdon and start this new chapter for them and for the parishes and wider deanery.

The Ven Dr Fiona Gibson

Archdeacon of Ludlow

Services in the Stottesdon Group of Churches for the next few weeks: everybody is welcome at any of our services in any of our churches (for a full list of services through to February please see the services and events tab):

DECEMBER

Sunday 28th - NO SERVICES

JANUARY

Sunday 4th (Neil Dunlop)

Farlow 9:00am Holy Communion

Stottesdon 10:30am Morning Prayer

Sunday 11th (Justin Bailey)

Cleeton 9:00am Holy Communion 

Stottesdon 10:30am Holy Communion

Sunday 18th (Neil Dunlop) 

Stottesdon 10:30am Informal Worship

Sidbury 11:45am Holy Communion with David Poyner

Sunday 25th (Justin Bailey)

Silvington 9:00am Holy Communion

Stottesdon 10:30am Holy Communion)

FEBRUARY

Sunday 1st (Neil Dunlop)

Farlow 9:00am Farlow - Holy Communion

Stottesdon 10:30am - Morning Prayer

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